Motivation Archives | Make This Your Last Time

September 14, 2026September 27, 2026 - No Comments

Work AND Bar Prep at the Same Time? Just Remember This One Thing…

Studying for the bar exam is no easy feat regardless of your situation. It takes a lot of time, energy, and focus to make it happen. But when you’re juggling a full-time job on top of all that studying, it can feel even more overwhelming.

Preparing for the bar exam is costly not just in time but also financially (and mentally, and emotionally, and…). If no one else is supporting you or your family, then you’re probably working and cramming your studies, if you even have the energy left.

But other bar takers have done it. And they were able to blow the exam out of the water.

How did they balance work and studying for the bar exam? It’s not impossible to do both at the same time, but it does require some creativity and discipline.

The first thing to keep in mind is that constraints force you to get creative and focus on what moves the needle. You’re not going to have time or attention to waste on stuff like sitting still like a statue while the lecturer rambles for 4 hours. So you gotta make efficient use of your time.

This can be a blessing in disguise because you won’t be wasting time. Let me share some tactics for studying efficiently while working full time, with examples.

July 25, 2026July 26, 2026 - 2 Comments

5 Reframes to Power Up Your Mind and Emotions for the Bar Exam Right Now

It seemed so far away when we first came here. Well, that’s what a journey is.

Preparing for the bar exam forces you to cycle through various emotions over weeks and months.

One moment calm, feeling like you’ve done all you could. Panic and anxiety the next moment. Frustration. Utter confusion. Overwhelm. Back to relief.

Rinse and repeat.

Your heart is beating uncontrollably, your thoughts are becoming irrational, and your palms are sweaty! 🥵 You’re feeling HOT!

Go from hot ⤵

To cool

When you’re in trouble, breathe, and go back to the fundamentals.

If you have anxiety about the bar exam, take deep breaths in sync with this.

Reality can betray the most reasonable of your expectations and daydreams at whim, coloring the past with regrets and the future with despair.

It can also present us with gifts if you look carefully, even if some days you have to look much harder than other days.

But if life only gives you lemons, you weren’t looking out for the oranges.

Here are five philosophies you can apply right now to mentally reframe how you feel about the bar exam:

July 18, 2026July 18, 2026 - 5 Comments

Tired of Bar Prep? Guarantee Motivation to Beat the Bar Exam with These 5 Reminders

How often do you see motivationals like this?

You’re doing totally fine!!!
You’re going to pass!!! BELIEVE IT!
My all-time favorite: YOU GOT THIS!!!!! (“I needed to hear this today!”)

But what do you do to pick yourself back up in your most defeated moments when you don’t believe you got this?

I wanted to pass the bar exam.

So instead of actually preparing for it, I made an image of a bar license card with my name on it using Microsoft Paint. You know, for visualization and manifestation like random people suggested online.

I’m not even kidding. Look and cringe:

July 10, 2026July 10, 2026 - No Comments

Passing the CA Bar Exam on Her 4th Attempt, 5 Years After Graduating From a T14

Asmita (a T14 law school grad) passed the February 2026 California Bar Exam on her fourth attempt.

💬 “I passed on my 4th try 5 years after graduating from a T14.”

💬 “I had a dream about you! I was studying for the bar, and then you asked me what I was doing, and I was like just studying, and then you looked at me confused and I was like oh wait, I passed already!!! and we laughed. What a relief man, this is the best feeling and I truly want everyone studying right now to experience it in November!”

Making this your last time truly pays off!

She’s not the only one who’s reported back on the relief. You’re going to have to lock in sooner or later. Might as well do it now.

💬 “As you know, I have taken this test a few times now, studied well for some and not so much for others, withdrawn a few times, decided not to sit a few times, etc. I have never been a good test taker so combining this with mental and physical health issues requires strategic planning and discipline.”

What kind of strategic planning did she do? Stay tuned…

Just kidding, here we go.

June 20, 2026June 21, 2026 - 7 Comments

Common Traits of Bar Passers & Why Mental Fortitude Is Important for Bar Preparation

They say knowledge is power (and you can never have too much power).

But why is it that with all the information out there, we don’t always get to where we want to go? Why do 80 percent of New Year resolutions fail by February? Remember those? LOL

“If more information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.”

Knowledge is potential energy. It’s what we DO with the knowledge, not the fact that we have it, not the fact that we declare our desire.

If you have the raw material but can’t bring yourself to make a sand castle, if you can’t turn that potential energy in your mind into kinetic energy, what’s the use?

Knowledge applied correctly is power.

The top differentiator I’ve encountered with people taking the bar exam isn’t skills or knowledge. It’s HOW they think and how they approach their studies. The hurdle is often internal.

"half of bar prep involves preparing oneself mentally"

"the bar exam is all about your mental fitness and your ability to retain a crap ton of information without going crazy. Take care of yourself this time around."

If you observe people who have passed the bar exam long enough, you’ll notice some patterns in their behavior: